(RE: Crypto McCarthyism ...thoughts, gentlemen?)
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Tue Feb 13 06:41:58 PST 2001
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 04:16:33PM -0800, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> Even the relatively small set of people who are interested in hate
> find themselves spoiled for choice; Name any group of people, and
> you can find dozens of hate-mongers calling for their extermination
> on the web. In this environment, it is virtually inconcievable that
> any *one* hate ideology should ever become the dominant hate
> ideology -- this breaks up the process described in the paper at
> the "identification of villains" stage.
Interesting point. I fear you're too optimistic, but it does seem as
though currently the groups with the dominant hate-mongering ideology
seem like imports from meatspace instead of homegrown. The anti-Bonsai
Kitten activists are a closer call, but they've been as about as
effective as Democrats arguing for a tax hike.
-Declan
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